Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wrēkiz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Vṛddhi gerundive of *wrekaną (to pursue, drive out).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*wrēkiz

  1. driven out, persecuted, expelled
  2. reprehensible, actionable

Inflection


Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Frisian: *wrēze, inwrēze
  • Old Norse: *vrækr, rækr

References

  • Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN